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Table 2 Estimated parental WTP for treating a diarrhoeal episode in rural India a

From: A contingent valuation study to estimate the parental willingness-to-pay for childhood diarrhoea and gender bias among rural households in India

Variable

Male Child

Female Child

Intercept

4.665 (2.226)

2.113 (2.065)

LINC

0.403 (2.218)

0.451 (2.337)

M_EDU

0.445 (2.876)

0.166 (1.776)

F_EDU

0.366 (2.176)

0.220 (1.967)

M_AGE

0.022 (0.997)

0.018 (0.001)

F_AGE

0.009 (0.267)

0.007 (0.215)

C_MALE

0.336 (1.965)

0.155 (1.847)

C_AGE

0.012 (0.044)

0.008 (0.018)

Log_C_DUR

0.157 (1.682)

0.168 (1.826)

C_DOC

-0.162 (0.388)

-0.101 (0.099)

C_SCHL

0.128 (2.109)

0.112 (1.885)

F_WORK

0.227 (1.258)

0.222 (1.138)

F_CHRONIC

0.355 (2.224)

0.301 (1.867)

M_CHRONIC

0.227 (1.259)

0.201 (1.156)

C_CHRONIC

0.338 (2.119)

0.276 (1.887)

σ

1.039

1.031

Log Likelihood

-621.58

-589.56

Median WTP (Indian Rs.)

57.00

37.50

95% CI (Indian Rs.)

38–85

25–54

  1. a Absolute value of asymptotic t-statistics in parentheses. Dependent variable is log (WTP)